Reduction of symmetric time-dependent Hamiltonian systems I: presymplectic principal $\mathbb{R}$-bundles

Abstract

The reduction of mechanical presymplectic structures and its application to the reduction of time-dependent Hamiltonian systems were developed in a recent paper (Gutiérrez Sagredo et al, 2025). This approach overcomes some limitations of the original Albert reduction (Albert, 1989). In this paper we will describe the reduction of time-dependent Hamiltonian systems using the extended formalism. This process combines cotangent bundle reduction with reduction of presymplectic structures of corank 1 and 2. These results generalize previous work (Lacirasella et al, 2012), in the same direction. Several examples will be presented to illustrate the theory from this new perspective.

45 pages, 1 figure, section 6 changed (the physical interpretation of the example has been fixed)